Clinton cops say man violated restraining order again

CLINTON — Patrolman Matthew Thompson was dispatched to a residence in the northern section of town on Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m. on a report of a second violation of a domestic-violence restraining order.

Patrolman Thompson met with the reporting party, a 32-year-old Clinton woman. She explained that her estranged husband broke into her residence and removed property, a violation of a domestic violence restraining order.

Patrolman Thompson charged the man on an arrest warrant with contempt of court, burglary and criminal trespass. Judge Schaulof the North Hunterdon Municipal Court set bail at $12,500. The man was arrested on Aug. 17 by the State Police at a friend’s residence in Harmony Township and turned over to the Clinton police. The man was lodged in the Hunterdon County Jail.